Search the Dictionary

Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.

te; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small. Leaf beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves; esp., any species of the family Chrysomelidæ, as the potato beetle and helmet beetle. -- Leaf bridge, a draw-bridge having a platf…

Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.

A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers.

Having large teeth. -- n.

Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.

r, and thus gives motion to it in opposite directions, according to the side in which its teeth are engaged. -- Mangle wheel, a wheel in which the teeth, or pins, on its face, are interrupted on one side, and the pinion, working in them, passes from inside to outside of the teeth alternately, thus converting the conti…

To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Q…

The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack. Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting.

Having teeth of moderate size.

Having small teeth.

-- Milk mirror. Same as Escutcheon, 2. -- Milk molar (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. -- Milk of lime (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. -- Milk parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum palustre) o…

Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth. Bacon.

Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont.

Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically.

perture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.

Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.

Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth. Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain. Dryden.